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In my new novel, Brave New Texas, one of the key ideas is that the leading characters all have to modify their fundamental concepts of time in order to resolve their conflicts. I have studied "time" for most of my life, much of my book learning on the subject has come from the teachings of Gurjieff and Ouspenski and, most notably, Maurice Nicol. Nicol's book, Living Time, is the most clear, innovative, and understandable book on a comprehensive and relevant understanding of time that I have come in contact with. Of course, the only way to really "get it" is to experiment with one's own mind and practice thinking about time in alternative, creative ways.
One of Einstein's main suggestions to creative thinking and problem solving was to create mind experiments. By this method, problems are thought of, and solutions are hypothesized entirely within the realm of thought. Later, after reliable information has been gathered, sometimes actual physical experiments can be developed that follow regular scientific method.

Here is a practice exercise for today. Try to imagine that every moment is eternal. Try to imagine yourself living in a multidimensional realm in which time is not flowing in a linear direction, but rather that time is itself a multidimensional world in which you pass through all points simultaneously, but are only immediately, consciously aware of the present "moment".

The implications of each moment existing, already and always, gives a very powerful dose of significance to one's life all the 'time'. Truly understanding these implications and progressing int he practice of understanding time in this way makes crime, greed, corruption, cruelty and many other negative human behaviors obsolete.